Regulations and Government
China To Continue Airspace Relaxation
Industry officials are eyeing China’s next Five Year Plan, which will establish goals for 2016-2020.
China’s CAAC granted approval last year for floatplane operations, increasing orders for Cessna’s Grand Caravan EX.
China’s CAAC granted approval last year for floatplane operations, increasing orders for Cessna’s Grand Caravan EX.

Industry officials are eyeing China’s next Five Year Plan, which will establish goals for 2016-2020, as an opportunity to build on a slow loosening of airspace restrictions. In the most recent Five Year Plan, which runs through 2015, China established a goal of improving general aviation standards and regulations, including the opening of low-altitude airspace. Government officials have followed through on those goals incrementally, gradually releasing military-controlled airspace and improving the efficiency of processing permits.